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A French couple has been placed in preventive detention after being formally charged with abandoning two children in an open field in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal.
The current legal penalties for child abandonment are criticized as inadequate, while reports highlight a significant surge in car theft arrests.
The Minister of Internal Administration has preventively suspended four GNR officers from Palmela for 90 days following charges of kidnapping, abuse of power, and assault against three minors.
The robber stole a mobile phone.
The individual was in possession of a 6.35 mm calibre firearm, an extendable baton, and a professional wallet containing documentation and identification items with police characteristics.
The Maritime Police Psychology Office was activated and the Local Command of the Lisbon Maritime Police took charge of the incident.
Suspect was arrested by the police in Almada following a tip-off from a member of the public
The individual was in possession of a 6.35 mm calibre firearm, an extendable baton, and a professional wallet containing documentation and identification items with police characteristics.
The arrests were for drug trafficking, resistance and coercion, and driving under the influence of alcohol.
The suspect repeatedly threatened his ex-partner and controlled her movements because he could not accept the end of the relationship.
A baker from Alcácer do Sal and his wife are willing to take in siblings who were found abandoned in an open field.
Document reveals that cases investigated in 2025 are related to the exploitation of minors for begging. Four of the six occurrences were detected in Montijo.
Zacharie and Barthelemy, the two French brothers aged three and five, were abandoned by their mother and stepfather in Alcácer do Sal on May 19. The minors have already returned to France. Marine and Marc are in pre-trial detention.
First part of 'Investigação CM'.
Second part of 'Investigação CM'.
The suspects are between 16 and 20 years old
A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a colleague in the construction industry. The crime, which occurred on May 25 in Sines, is being investigated by the Judiciary Police (PJ). The 38-year-old victim died instantly after being shot in the head. Authorities state that the suspect and the victim had been working together since the beginning of the year, and that frequent disagreements over alcohol consumption and an alleged unpaid debt led to the premeditated murder. The suspect used a firearm belonging to a relative, which he had hidden in a garage beforehand. The investigation is being led by the Portimão Criminal Investigation Department, and the suspect will now face court to determine coercive measures.
The crime occurred following an argument over the victim's new relationship. The man eventually turned himself in to the police.
One year after the crime, Gustavo Maciel, 26, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of his ex-partner, Iranilcy Oliveira, also 26, in Setúbal. The court convicted him of qualified homicide, as Portuguese law does not have a specific crime of femicide, and ordered his expulsion from the country. The victim, who shared a child with the perpetrator, was stabbed to death at his barbershop after revealing she was in a new relationship. Maciel had been in preventive detention since turning himself in following the murder.
The crime occurred following an argument over the victim's new relationship. The man eventually turned himself in to the police.
He says he needs to create the conditions to get his children back.
The trafficking took place in their shared home. The man was remanded in custody.
He had a pistol at his waist and a bag with three magazines, containing a total of 27 rounds of ammunition. He was in a crowded food court area.
Here, as in other cases, everything failed except the violence.
On Tuesday, June 2, the PSP arrested a man in possession of a firearm at the Almada Forum shopping centre. According to a statement from the Setúbal District Command, authorities were alerted to a suspicious man in the food court area carrying a gun. The police launched an operation to neutralise the threat and ensure public safety. Upon interception, the man was found with a loaded 7.65mm Walther pistol concealed on his person, along with three additional loaded magazines containing 27 rounds, a suspected counterfeit 50-euro note, and narcotics. It was later discovered that the man had an outstanding arrest warrant for a two-year prison sentence, and he has since been transferred to a correctional facility.
He had a pistol at his waist and a bag with three magazines, containing a total of 27 rounds of ammunition. He was in a crowded food court area.
Rafael, 22, was on life support at Garcia de Orta Hospital in Almada. Denilson Garcia, 24, died at the scene.
The Setúbal Judicial Police arrested a 22-year-old man for the attempted murder of two others.
GNR officers from Coina intercepted two motorcyclists in the municipality of Setúbal. Both were fined.
